Hair crimper



J. F. DONNELLY.

HAIR CRIMPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1921.

1,438,585, Patented Dec.12 ,1922

gvwemtoz Patented Dec. 12, 19221,

. Application filed May 531, 1532-1. Seria1.No. 171,481.

To all whom it may concern: v 1

Be it known that l, JOHN F. DONNELLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of l lorthv Plainfield, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Hair Crimpemof which the following is a full clear, and exact specification.

. This invention relates more particularly to a class of curling devices.

My invention has for its object primarily to providea device or crimper designed to be employedespecially by a woman for curling the hair in a manner whereby the end parts of the strands of hair maybe .crimped to provide close curls and the parts of the strands of hair contiguous to the curl will also be crimped as well as beingretained for a length of time so that the completed curl willremain for an unusual length of time. The invention consists essentially of a clamp composed of a jaw member of astrip like form to allow strands of hair to be wrapped thereon, and to this jaw member is pivoted a second jaw member for being moved in lapping arrangement upon the wrapped folds of the hair and over the first mentioned jaw member. On one of the jaw members may be a clip for engaging the other jaw member whereby both jaw members will be releasably locked together, and to both of the jaw members is pivoted a retainer adapted to be moved to a position partly surrounding the clamped members for holding the folds of crimped hair when wrapped on both members so that all tendency of the hair to unravel will be prevented.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair crimper of a simple, efficient and durable construction which may be made in any suitable size.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawin forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. the views, in the claims at and will then be pointed out the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of hair crimper embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan showing the mannerof using the device for curling hair, and

Fig. 3 is aside view of the crimper show" ing its parts folded tqgethcr,forminga com plete curls i I The device .or crimper has a clamp 10 which is preferabiy composed of two j aw members 11 and 12 of flat striplilre forms made of metal, celluloid, bone or other suitable material. One of the ends of the strip members 11 and 12 are pivoted together, as at 13, so that two'of their faces are in opposed relajtionand so that the membersm v be swung toward and from each other in overlapping arrangement. The strip. 12 may be longer than the strip 11 so that'the free end of thestrip 12 will. protrude beyond the free end of the other strip, andwhen' the strips are disposed to overlie each other they are releasably locked together by a cli p, 35114.

The clip 141- may be of any appropriate type, though the clipillustrated in the form of a lug or plate 15 which protrudes laterally from one of .the side edges of the strip 11 adjacent to its free end, and this plateis bent over the strip so that it is spaced from the face of the strip opposed to. the strip 12 to provide a groove, as 16, of a width whereby the strip 12 when moved into the groove will be removably held closely under the plate 15.

When the crimper is used for curling the hair, as 16*, of a person, the strip or jaw members 11 and 12 are spread apart, and the end parts of the strands of hair are tightly wrapped preferably on the central part of the strip 11, as shown in Fig. 2. The strip 12 is then movedover the strip 11 upon the wrapped strands of hair as well as being seated in the groove 16 between the clip 14 and the strip 11, and the strands of hair is afterward wrapped on the clamped strips 11 and 12. In order to prevent unwrapping of the hair on both of the strips, retainer, as 17, is provided.

The retainer 17 is preferably of substantially a U-shape to provide two spaced leg members 18, 19 and a curved spanning member as 20. One end of the. leg member 18 is angularly bent, as at 21, to arrange the leg in spaced parallel relation to the strips 11, 12, and this angular end is rotatably mounted on the pivot 13 of the strips. The leg member 18 is also somewhat longer than her 20 is of a size so that the spanning mem her and the leg members 18 and 19 may be swung to surround the free end-parts of the strips as well as being spaced from the strips. Following the wrapping of the strands of hair on the clamped strips, as above explained, the U-shaped retainer 17 is swung so that the legs will engage the wrapped hair to prevent the hair-from unravelling and which will also cause an effectual crimping of the parts of the strands of hair contiguous to "the closely wrapped ends of the hair on the clamped strips. After the device has been kept on the hair for a suitable period it isremoved from the hair by the retainer being swung from contact with the wrapped hair. The hair on the clamped stripsis then unwrapped, and the strip 12 is swung from the strip 11t0 allow the remainder of the hair to be unwrapped fromthe strip. The hair will in turn be crimped by the device into a close lasting I have em-' described my invention, I o

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1-- 1. A hair crimper, comprising a flattened strip having on one of its ends a substantially U-shaped portion and having on its other end an angularly bent part in opposed relation to the entrance of the U-shaped portion, two flattened strips, both having one of their ends pivoted to the angular portion of the first mentioned strip so that the pair of strips may be moved to and from lapping positions as well as being swung within the U-shaped portion of said'first mentioned strip", and a grooved member on one of the pair of strips for removably receiving the other strip. p

2. A hair crimper, comprising a substantially U-shaped strip having one of its arms longer than its other arm, and twostrips having one of their ends pivoted to the free end of the long arm of the U-shaped strips so that each strip of the pair may be moved to and from lapping positions and one of the pair of strips having an overlapping member on its free end to removably receive the other strip, the pair of strips being,

adapted to be swung inwardly and outwardly of said U-shaped strip. c

This specification si ned and witnessed this 20 day of May, A; i). 1921.

Witnesses:

B. EMRICH, J. FREDERICK CRYER.

JOHN, F. DONNELLY. 

